VISITORS to an antiques valuation day at the Victoria Rooms in Milverton helped raise more than £400 towards the building’s upkeep.

Locals took in items for valuation by auctioneers Brian Goodison-Blanks and Christopher Hampton from the Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood auction house in Exeter.

Lynette Courtenay from Milverton and the venue’s fundraising committee organised the event.

Victoria Rooms secretary Maggie Dinning said: “The Victoria Rooms were built in 1887 and are at the centre of Milverton’s community.”